Back to results
US 2013/0172928 A1Published application
Staple Formed Over the Wire Wound Closure Procedure
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorStanislaw Kostrzewski
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An anvil assembly is provided and includes an anvil member having a plurality of staple bending pockets formed in a face of the anvil member and a length of reinforcing material suspended across the staple bending pockets. Longitudinal channels are provided in the face of the anvil member to releasably retain the reinforcing material. The longitudinal channels transect the staple bending pockets and support and suspend the reinforcing material over the staple bending pockets such that a leg of a surgical staple can be bent around the reinforcing material.
Claims7
A fully formed surgical staple comprising;
- a backspan having a longitudinal axis;
- a first leg extending from the backspan and a second leg extending from the backspan, each of the first and second legs terminating in tissue penetrating tips, wherein the first leg includes a first portion having a longitudinal axis which defines a plane with the longitudinal axis of the backspan and a second portion which projects outward of the plane defined by the longitudinal axes of the backspan and the first portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.